Stove attachment



Patented Nov 20, 1923.

MONT RAY HARDING, 0F STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

STOVE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed August 21, 1922. Serial No. 583,403.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, MONT RAY HARDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stove Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stoves and has for its object the provision of a novel attachment to go above the burners of a gas stove whereby to utilize all the heat and produce a much hotter and consequently more efiicient flame while at the same time economizing on fuel.

An important object is the provision of an attachment of this character which is adapted for use not only on gas stoves but on any stoves in which the fuel is first converted into gaseous or vapor form prior to burning.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, efficient and durable in use, easy to install and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a portion of a gas stove showing my device applied,

Figure 2 is a plan View,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section looking down upon the base portion of my device, and

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the letter A designates a gas stove or in fact any stove using fuel which is converted into gas or vapor before being burned. This stove is equipped with the usual burner B fed by a supply pipe 0. Only one burner is illustrated as it is natu-- rally to be understood that the stove may have any desired number.

In carrying out my invention. I remove the usual grid which is located on the top of the stove above the burner and replace it with m attachment which consists of a base mem or 10 located immediately above the burner and which further includes a grid member 11 which fits upon the top of the stove.

The base member 10 comprises a single casting which has a rectangular bottom 12 from which rises a circular flange 13. The width of the bottom is less than the diameter ofthe flange so as to provide a plurality of openings 14 between the edges of the bottom and the flange. This bottom member is formed preferably relatively thin for the sake of lightness and has its edges formed with depending flanges 15. Rising from the bottom member at the center thereof and at points spaced from the center are cone shaped projections 16 which are formed with holes 17. These cones are hollow and are of course located above the burner. At opposite sides of the cones the bottom 12 is formed with openings 18. The flange 13 has holes therethrough through which pass bolts 20 carrying nuts 21 and surrounded by spacing sleeves '22, if desired, though it should be understood that these sleeves may be omitted if preferred. The grid member 11 is here shown as being octagonal in shape though it might just as well be of some other configuration. This grid member is formed with a plurality or series of arcuate openings 23 and has its upper surface formed with projections 24: for supporting kettles and the like in spaced relation to the top of the grid. At certain points this grid is formed with counter sunk holes for the reception of the bolts 20, the heads thereof fitting within the counter sinks.

In the use of the device it will be seen that when the ordinary stove grid is removed and my device inserted in place my grid 11 will fit upon the top of the stove the centering being effected by means of ribs 26 which are formed on the underside of the grid and which fit within the opening at the top of the stove. The base member 10 will be supported above the burner by means of the bolts 20 and its position will be such that the flame issuing from the burner will pass up through the cones 16 and the holes 17 therein and also through the openings 18 and 1 1, the flame playing upon the grid and heating it so that none of the effective heat units will be wasted From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided a simply constructed and consequently inexpensive gas stove attachment which will be remarkably efiicient as conserving the heat while economizing on fuel consumption. In this way the device will operate as a great saver and owing to the fact that it consists of only few parts it is obvious that there is nothing to get out of order so that the device should have a long life.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus describedmy invention I claim: Y

1. A gas stove attachment comprising a g'fidurrember resting upon the top of the stove and replacing the usual grid, and a base member supported below said grid above the burner, and formed with openings for the passage of the flame, said base member including a rectangular bottom having a circular upstanding flange thereon said bottom being formed with openings and a' plurality of hollow cones rising from the baseand formed with openings for the passage of flame.

2. A device of the character described comprising a grid member adapted to rest upon the top of a gas stove to replace the usual grid and provided on its underside 3. A device ofthe character described comprising a grid member adapted to upon the top of a gas stove to replace the usual grid and provided on its underside with centering ribs fitting within the opening at the top or" the stove, said grid be ing formed with upstanding projections for spacing away a kettle or the like disposed thereon, and a base member adjustably suspended from said grid member above the burner and formed with openings for the passage of the flame, said base member ineluding a rectangular bottom an upstanding annularfiange rising from the bottom and of greater diameter than the width thercof whereby to define openings between the bottom and the flange, and said bottom beformed with hollow perforated cones.

In testimony whereof athX my signature.

MONT RAY enemas. 

